After a week off, Alabama will travel to the scenic Pacific Northwest to Eugene, Oregon to face the 24th-ranked Oregon Ducks. This is a return game from last season when the Ducks narrowly escaped Birmingham with a 72-68 victory. The game will tip at 5:00 PM CT, and will be televised on ESPNU. Show More Summary

Pop accused his team of going "through the motions" in their first road loss of the season after a 13-0 start.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) Led by talented freshmen Lonzo Ball and T.J. Leaf, No. 2 UCLA is back in college basketball's upper echelon for the first time under coach Steve Alford. The Bruins (9-0) are off to their best start since 2006-07 after upsetting then-No. Show More Summary

Following the San Antonio Spurs' 95-91 loss to the Chicago Bulls Thursday, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich was blunt in his assessment of how his team performed.
According to ESPN.com's Michael C. Wright, Popovich lamented the notion...Show More Summary

More than a quarter of the way into the 2016-17 NBA season, it's becoming easier to tell which teams are title contenders, which are headed for the playoffs and which should think about rebuilding.
Among those who who aren't winning in the way they hoped are the 4-17 Dallas Mavericks and 8-13 Sacramento Kings. Show More Summary

David Stern, as the Hornets' de-facto owner back in 2011, stepped in and killed the proposed blockbuster trade.
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There's good news if your favorite team isn't where you'd like it to be in this week's NBA power rankings.
We're only a quarter of the way through the season—12 minutes if you're likening the 82-game slate to a single contest. We'veShow More Summary

The weeks and months have quickly piled up. Nerlens Noel has not played an NBA regular-season game since last season ended for the Sixers on April 13. Nearly eight months later, Noel is nearing the return he has been eyeing for quite some time now.
“It’s always an excitement to be able to play basketball after [...]

Ian Mahinmi, who has appeared in just one game for the Wizards this season because of injuries to both knees, will get another MRI on his right one Friday, league sources tell CSNmidatlantic.com.
Mahinmi was the Wizards’ most expensive offseason acquisition this summer and set to back up Marcin Gortat in the middle. However, he required [...]

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Peter Jok scored 23 points and Iowa upset 25th-ranked Iowa State 78-64 on Thursday, snapping a three-game losing streak against its instate rival. Isaiah Moss had 14 points to help the Hawkeyes (5-5) beat a Power Five opponent for this first time this season. Show More Summary